Our first group on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is Michael Arrington speaking with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and VC Ron Conway. The group is discussing the amazing growth in tech jobs within the city limits, and Lee makes it a point to visit these companies every Tuesday.
He calls it “Tech Tuesday”. Read More

This is it. TechCrunch Disrupt is back in San Francisco, and even though the show is sold out, we’re still going to bring you all the action on our official Ustream feed and on the site. Disrupt is just too big for one site. Watch TechCrunch’s social feeds for even more action! Read More

Instruments on iPads and Minority Report-style gesture applications. Yes the variety of startups exuded like an ectoplasmic goo from Startup Alley today, where the atmosphere was electric with people pitching their companies to the passing VCs, investors, and journalists.
There’s nothing like running around with a microphone and a camera crew to get these people on video, so… Read More

Recapp wants to make it more convenient to read sports news curated around your favorite sports and teams. The iPhone and iOS app, which I saw in TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Alley today, cracked the Top 50 in the App Store for sports a few weeks ago.
“Think of RECAPP as a Hulu or an iTunes,” Recapp’s blog reads. “You don’t go to all your favorite… Read More

FoundationDB, here at Disrupt San Francisco 2012, is a modern database with features that have been the foundation for databases since the 1970s. The result, they say, is an infinitely scalable database that goes beyond what most NoSQL databases offer.
By adopting the inherent strengths of NoSQL and integrating what they call “YesACID,” FoundationDB executives believe they have… Read More

In amongst the 160 Startup Alley companies exhibiting in San Francisco each day of Disrupt, there are an enormous variety of companies. It’s possible to switch from a startup aimed at new moms to a new enterprise cloud start-up in the space of just 3 feet. And every time you will find something brand new.
Check out the video above for a whirlwind ride through some of the companies in… Read More

Day One of Disrupt SF is officially over, and what a day it’s been. We kicked things off this morning with Bill Campbell and Ben Horowitz, who were followed by Jack Dorsey, Brian Lee and Jessica Alba, and Michael Arrington and Reid Hoffman. Dave Morin, Cory Booker, and so many more took the Disrupt stage today, as well. And that was all before the Disrupt Battlefield!
This afternoon… Read More

We’re all familiar with price comparison shopping on high value items but less so on day-to-day consumables like groceries or household items. In effect it feels like just too much work and most of us do online grocery shopping with one store. Amazon Prime is looking at disrupting this space and ShopRunner has been aggregating stores for a while. However, NetPlenish thinks it can crack… Read More

Whatsapp has emerged as the leading, cross-platform messaging app among smartphone users, reaching the 10 billion messages per-day mark a couple of weeks ago. But when it comes to offering cheap messaging services to the billions of people in the world who use mobile devices that are not smartphones (arguably people who could really benefit the most from a low-cost solution), the game is… Read More